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Finnish
Etymology
ruti-(intensifier) + köyhä(“poor”). The element ruti- has in itself has lost its meaning. It stems from ruotu-, which formed a part of a village, e.g. ruotuvaivainen (dependent poor), and is used also in rutikuiva(“arid, bone dry”).
“rutiköyhä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03